Sacramento County

Biography of James A. Anderson of Lodi, California

James Alden Anderson

James A. Anderson, a prominent fruit grower and shipper in Lodi, California, had been involved in the fruit and nursery industry since 1874. Born January 4, 1849, in Livingston County, Missouri, Anderson moved to Sacramento at age 25, joining the Capital Nursery. In 1883, he established his own nursery in Clements, later relocating to Lodi in 1887. Anderson successfully operated a nursery and fruit-growing business, also producing fruit boxes and baskets. Married to Mary L. Hummer in 1870, they had five children. Anderson was active in local fraternal organizations and politics, serving on the Salem school district board for 14 years.

Biography of Eugene Aram of Sacramento, California

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Eugene Aram, a prominent lawyer of Sacramento, is certainly one of the very oldest living native sons of California, with whose business, professional and political affairs he has been identified to a degree most honorable and creditable to an eldest son. He was born at Monterey, in what is now the state of California, on January 26, 1848. Mr. Aram was married in 1875 to Miss Lizzie Jasper, a daughter of J. M. C. Jasper, of Wheatland, Yuba county.

Biography of William Alexander Anderson of Sacramento

William C. Anderson

William Alexander Anderson, born in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, in 1846, became a prominent figure in central California’s legal and literary circles. Moving to California in 1850, he pursued an education in law at Benicia Law College, graduating in 1865. Anderson served as county auditor, city attorney, and police judge in Sacramento. He was deeply involved in the Republican Party and contributed significantly to local cultural life as a writer and dramatic critic. His career was marked by integrity and public service, earning him widespread respect and admiration.

Biography of Charles Edward Adams

Charles Edward Adams, proprietor of a hay and feed store at Nos. 1108 and 1110 J street in Sacramento, was born in Randolph county, Illinois, on the 28th of March, 1841. He was seven years of age at the time of his parents’ removal to New Orleans, and in 1853 the family took passage on a steamer at that port bound for California. The family home was established in Sacramento.